My apologies, Albert Square, for including you in the drivers
you regard as fully permissable on NZ's roads.

However I must take issue again with your assertions
regarding amputees, since I have known several who drive and
read or heard nothing about people in their situation being
disproportionately at risk of having or causing accidents, so
why do you ask "Can you explain how prosthetic limbs provide
tactile grip for steering, and is driving an automatic using
one's right foot entirely safe?"

My answer is that while new technology often seems scary, in
an age when the totally driverless car is well along the
development path I'm happy with the demonstrated ability of a
combination of vehicle modifiers and sensible disabled people
to result in safe road users.

As for "Drivers at risk of neurological misfire should not be
on the road"- if you can predict which individual will have a
"neurological misfire" for the first time, i.e. before there
is any history of such conditions, you are valuable beyond
diamonds. Treating these potential conditions ahead of
clinical presentation will save millions of dollars in health
care and personal tragedies. [Abridged]

H, maybe I'm posting this comment because I object to
Albertine reference headlined under the actual news item. I
cant speak for three others, let them take their chances as
they will. Re your misinformed ad hominem: I lost a grandson
to MVA, which made me more interested in safety and social
responsibility, than individual rights. I do not drive,
because of poor vision. So, I take back my assertion that the
independently mobile elderly should be restricted. Health
checks should be regular, even for the aged who rail against
Nanny State. Drivers at risk of neurological misfire should
Not be on the road. Can you explain how prosthetic limbs
provide tactile grip for steering, and is driving an
automatic using one's right foot entirely safe? Note:
comments are general observations, with no link to the news
item.

Albert Square recommends such a comprehensive list of
conditions limiting the right of other people to drive, I can
see his idea of safe NZ roads consists of only himself and 3
other people being allowed to use vehicles without
"Restriction on distance and driving hours" / "restricted
licence" / "no licence [permitted]. By the way where
can we find the stats to back up this assertion "regardless
of available vehicle or prosthetic adaptation, driving
without limbs is unsafe"?

Are there any people not fitting the categories of age or
physical or mental health that Albert Square would like to
see deprived of current rights, who have or cause accidents
on the road? If so they must be included in the list.
That should mop up the last few excluding Albert and
his little band of Three Righteous Drivers.

I wish everyone a prompt recovery. It is a bit disturbing and
ironic that this happens after a week talking about tourists
driving on the wrong side of the road. Here is the proof that
it is not only tourists. Best wishes to those involved in the
crash and fingers crossed this won't happen again.

Restriction on distance and driving hours for elderly/
restricted licence for drivers on prescribed medication/ no
licence for stroke, neuro patients or with history of severe
psych disorder/ personal view only: regardless of available
vehicle or prosthetic adaptation, driving without limbs is
unsafe.